Titan submarine victims’ bodies were returned as ‘slush’ in ‘shoeboxes’, mother reveals
The remains of a British father and son killed in the Titan submarine disaster have been returned “with slush in two small boxes”, their heartbroken mother has revealed.
Businessman Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his son Suleman Dawood, 19, were among the five people killed when the Oceangate ship exploded during its journey towards the wreck of the Titanic in June 2023.
In her first interview since the disaster, Christine Dawood said: Guard: “We couldn’t get the bodies for nine months. By bodies, I mean the remaining mud. They came in two small boxes, like shoeboxes.”
He said “there wasn’t much they could find” about his family’s remains, which were recovered from the seafloor by the U.S. Coast Guard, separated and tested for DNA.
“They have a big pile they can’t separate, it’s all mixed DNA and they asked if I wanted some of that too. But I said no, all you know is Suleiman and Prince.”
The submarine Titan was taking her husband and son to see the wreck of the Titanic at the bottom of the North Atlantic. Ms Dawood herself was supposed to join the trip but gave her ticket to her son.
When news of the submarine’s disappearance first broke, the search became a worldwide phenomenon. It was soon revealed that the hull failed three hours into the dive and the ship exploded instantly.
“My first thought was, thank God,” Dawood told the paper. “When they said it was a disaster, I knew that Prince and Suleiman didn’t even know about it. One moment they were there, the next they weren’t. It was very important to know that they weren’t suffering. They were gone, but the way they left somehow makes it easier.”
The US Coast Guard’s report on the incident revealed that Rush ignored critical data and that his “negligence” contributed to the deaths of those on board. It also found that its disappearance and explosion were “preventable.”
Had Rush survived, he likely would have faced criminal charges.
“I had so many reasons to hate Stockton from the beginning, but does it really help me?
“He died with them. If I’m angry at him, I give him power and I refuse to do that. I’m sure people will say I’m naive, but if I start analyzing everything, where does that get me? So, I choose, not my own happiness, but… me, every day. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t be here.”
She added: “It’s so hard. Being strong doesn’t mean you don’t feel it.”
he said Guard There were days when panic attacks completely paralyzed him and he felt like the lights were too bright and any sound was too loud.
“I learned to pay attention to the law,” he said. “I go to Solomon’s room. Sometimes I find the cat sleeping on his pillow, and I sit on the bed and let the pain come. And after a while, I’m able to put the pain aside until it’s too much the next time. I’ve worked hard on my pain for Solomon, but I’m only now starting to grieve for my husband. In public, these are always lumped together, but these are two different relationships. Two very different pains.”
